The role of allopregnanolone in depressive-like behaviors: Focus on neurotrophic proteins

Allopregnanolone (3α,5α-tetrahydroprogesterone; pharmaceutical formulation: brexanolone) is a neurosteroid that has recently been approved for the treatment of postpartum depression, promising to fill part of a long-lasting gap in the effectiveness of pharmacotherapies for depressive disorders. In t...

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Main Authors: Felipe Borges Almeida, Maurício Schüler Nin, Helena Maria Tannhauser Barros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Neurobiology of Stress
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289520300084